Donatella Maschio, BACP

Donatella Maschio is a psychotherapist, counsellor, supervisor and family practitioner with more than 27 years of professional experience working in private practice and within organisations. Her career spans therapeutic work with individuals, couples, families, groups and staff teams, reflecting a long-standing commitment to supporting emotional wellbeing across a variety of settings.

She completed postgraduate training at the University of Surrey in the UK, earning an MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She later trained as a Systemic Family Practitioner at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, developing specialised skills in family, couple and organisational work. Over the years she has taught and managed counselling courses and provided therapeutic services in both the public and private sectors.

Donatella currently advises staff on the emotional health of children in residential settings, and she works with issues such as relationships, family difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting and depression. She also focuses on attachment concerns, blended family challenges, communication and workplace and multicultural matters. She is an accredited member of BACP - a UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists - and a member as a family practitioner with AFT. Donatella provides therapy in English and Italian and is able to work with international clients.

Systemic and trauma-informed approaches for online care

Donatella draws on systemic family practice, which looks at relationships and patterns across family and work systems. This approach explores how interactions between people influence problems and supports collaborative changes in communication and roles, making it useful for couples, blended families and wider family issues.

She also uses trauma-aware and attachment-informed ways of working that focus on safety, pacing and understanding how past experiences shape current relationships and emotions. These approaches help when addressing trauma and abuse, attachment difficulties and related emotional struggles.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Donatella works collaboratively with each person to identify which techniques best match their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the focus as therapy progresses so the work remains relevant and realistic.

Online therapy with Donatella is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access registered professionals from different locations and to continue therapy when in-person meetings are not possible.